- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- October 23, 1692 CE
- Location:
- Fano
- Magnitude:
- 4.2 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 2 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- AHEAD: Mw 4.2
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.16
Other earthquake records of 1692 CE
- Jamaica, Port Royal · 3,000 deaths
- Argentina, Santiago, Esteco, Rio De Las Piedras · Ms 7 · 11 deaths
- Switzerland · Mw 3.9
- Belgium and Luxembourg · Mw 6.1
- Italy · Mw 5.88
- Armenia, Jerevan (Erivan)
Source: Albini, P., Locati, M., Rovida, A. & Stucchi, M. (2013): European Archive of Historical Earthquake Data (AHEAD), INGV, doi:10.6092/ingv.it-ahead · License: CC BY 4.0 · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did 1692 Fano earthquake (Mw 4.2) (1692 CE) happen?
- October 23, 1692 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from Albini, P., Locati, M., Rovida, A. & Stucchi, M. (2013): European Archive of Historical Earthquake Data (AHEAD), INGV, doi:10.6092/ingv.it-ahead; it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.